Taymyria

Taymyria (?????????? ?????????? ?????) is an autonomous district (okrug) of Krasnoyarsk Krai in the Russian Federation. It is named after the Taymyr Peninsula. It is also called Dolgan-Nenets Autonomous District (???????-???????? ?????????? ?????), by the name of the indigenous people, Dolgans and Nenetses.

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With an area of 862,100 km? (ranked 4th) and a population of slightly less than 40,000 (2002 census), Taymyria is one of the least densely populated areas of Russia. Dudinka, with more than half of Taymyria's inhabitants, is the administrative centre.

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Following a referendum on the issue held on April 17 2005, the districts of Taymyria and Evenkia will be merged into the Krasnoyarsk krai on January 1 2007.

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Okrug: Okrug is a term to denote a subnational entity in some Slavic states. Its etymology is similar to German Kreis, circle (in the meaning of administrative division) (although translated in German as Bezirk): okrug is literally something "encircling"....

Krasnoyarsk Krai: Krasnoyarsk Krai (????????????? ????) (2002 pop. 2,966,000) is the second largest Russian region after Sakha Republic (Yakutia), occupying an area of 2,339,700 km?, which is 13% of the country's total territory....